The Light of Conception
At the moment of conception, the egg produces a flash of red light known as a zinc spark. Later, there is a zinc wave of gold. This is apparently true of all vertebrates. Our first …
Category: Health
Cracked Open
In this conversation, Riyaz Motan, Adyashanti, John Prendergast, and Johnathan Gustin explore the awakening journey with serious illness and facing our mortality. Having been through a round of this myself, along with the premature death …
Reclaiming Our Power
When we’re young, we adapt to fit into our family and society. Often, those around us do not know how to calm themselves and they live with unresolved trauma. Thus, we learn how to contract …
The Key to Healing
This article is by request, based on a brief talk I gave in November. A friend’s insight also enhanced it. This fall, I finished the theory part of my somatic therapy training. The next step …
Healing Through Spiritual Alignment interview
Dorothy Rowe joined Gareth Duignam on his Endless Possibilities Podcast again. I’ve written several articles about Dorothy’s work over the years. Loved this conversation in particular, on the roots of healing. Illness is from “some …
Embodied Spirituality
Regular readers know that I often recommend an effortless meditation. It takes us beyond the mind and into our deeper nature. This is Yoga. It helps the body heal and softens our attachments. We become …
Hidden Structures
Fundamentally, consciousness structures who we are and everything we experience. The physical world has been built up in layers. There are 7 primary layers (koshas) in this process. And there are 7 primary chakras (energy …
Understanding Addiction
We all seek to connect with who we really are, and stay connected. That is a place of pure being, of calm, and of balance. This experience is profoundly regulating for our body, mind, and …
On Anxiety, Again
Anxiety is considered normal in modern western culture. And yet, it’s your body telling you that something is wrong. What is anxiety? Anxiety is an activated state of the nervous system created by a feeling …
The Stages of Trauma Recovery
When I say trauma, you may think of a car accident or something like that. However, trauma is a very common adaption to overwhelming experiences we’ve had throughout our life. For example, when my illness …
Body Care!
In the West, we’re trained to be mind-oriented and place value in masculine energy. Do, do, do. Often, our body gets short shrift. We (in general) take it for granted, feeding it lower quality food, …